Oodle and iHomefinder Partner to Help Realtors, Brokerages Get Leads Oodle announces largest nationwide search index of real estate listings
RISMEDIA, July 25, 2006—Oodle, the search engine for local classifieds, announced that Oodle Real Estate has partnered with iHomefinder to offer an MLS-compliant solution for brokerages to feature their own listings on Oodle and across Oodle's classifieds partner network.
Oodle Real Estate now has over 2 million real estate listings in its search index, the largest on the Internet. Oodle Real Estate indexes listings from tens of thousands of websites, including individual agents, brokers, for sale by owner (FSBO), foreclosures as well as new homes. Oodle has also partnered with a large and comprehensive number of sites such as Real Living, Real Estate.com, Harmon Homes, Foreclosure.com, and New Home Source to bring users the largest and most comprehensive real estate search site on the internet.
The new partnership with iHomefinder will enable brokers to easily promote their own real estate listings to the Oodle classifieds network. In addition to nationwide U.S. coverage, Oodle Real Estate also covers the 30 largest metros in the United Kingdom, including London, Glasgow, and Belfast.
By utilizing iHomefinder's MLS-compliant listings infrastructure, Oodle will now be able to provide realtors and brokerages with a "flip-the-switch" ability to promote their own listings on the Oodle network and generate leads. Brokerages will be able to feature their own listings within the Oodle index simply by completing a free sign up with iHomefinder and receiving their MLS Board's approval.
"We're thrilled to partner with Oodle to help brokerages easily promote their own listings to Classifieds on the Oodle network and generate leads back to their websites - wherever MLS boards allow the practice ," said Alon Chaver, CEO of iHomefinder. "Brokerages will be able to use the iHomefinder platform to upload accurate and current listings into the Oodle classifieds network with full MLS compliance." iHomefinder and Oodle are offering a Beta version of this product to Brokerages in August. An upcoming version of the product will soon be available to Agents who wish to share their listings with Oodle.
More information on how to participate in the Oodle index can be found at www.oodle.com/info/upload or www.ihomefinder.com/oodle.
To be included in the Oodle index or learn more about the Oodle Partner Network and the Oodle API, contact partner@oodle.com.
To learn more about iHomefinder's solutions for Agents and Brokerage Offices, visit www.iHomefinder.com or contact info@ihomefinder.com. |
